Stave-packing machine



UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMY H. OVERTON, NORRIS, MICHIGAN.

STAVE-PACKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,493, dated May 27, 1884.

Application filed March 28, 1884. .(No model.)

To all whom; it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMY H. OVER'ION, of Norris, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Stave Packing Machines; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forma part of this specification.

.My invention consists in the combination of devices and appliances hereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rotary shaft.

This invention has for its object to provide novel and efficient devices, whereby the staves may be packed so tightly, before they are secured by the bands, that the bundles will remain intact under any handling to which they may be subjected. I accomplish my object as follows:

As illustrated in the drawings, A is any .suitable supporting-frame, preferably provided with the extended arms wand a at the front and rear of the frame, between which the staves may be held in place in packing.

Bis a rotary shaft provided with an operating-handle, B, and cam-surfaces b and b. This shaft is located, beneath the staves O in the process of packing. Iprefer to provide a movable bed, D, beneath the staves D, and against which the cam-surfaces of the rotary shaft may have engagement.

E and E are standards pivoted at their base to the frame, and provided with adjustable arms e and e.

F is a connecting-bar or handle for connecting the same.

The operation of the device is as follows: In introducing the arms into the device the pivoted standards are thrown back, leaving the space between the extended portions of the frame free for the packer. The shaftB is rotated, so that the cams thereon will be out of bearing beneath the staves or the movable set for the desired number of staves which,

are to form the bundle, and after the required number are put in place the pivoted standards are brought forward, bringing the arms 6 and 6 upon the staves. Now, by rotating the shaft B the cam-surfaces thereon will force the staves compactly together, ready for the bands. After the bands are tightly secured in place, the shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, relieving the pressure of the cam beneath, when the standards, with their projecting arms, may be thrown back, and the package of staves removed. There will naturally be a considerable spring of the wood after this compression, which will increase the tightness of the bands. To increase the spring a splinter or other substance may be inserted into the middle of the package, as shown at F, before the compression.

I have found in experience with this de vice that an attendent can pack staves thus in a rapid and thoroughly secure manner.

It is evident, since the staves are made of equal thickness, that after the arms e and e are properly adapted for the number of staves desired in a package neither more nor less staves can be packed with the machine, as it cannot be operated in either case, thereby insuring absolutely, and even without the necessity of counting, the right number ofstaves in a package, and preventing any extra staves being shipped on account of any carelessness of the packer. This will result in a great saving to the manufacturer.

What I claim is 1. The combination, in a stave-packing machine, of asupporting-frame, A, standards E, pivoted to swing back and forth on the frame and provided with lateral arms 6 and e, to be brought upon the package, and cam mechanism for compressing the package, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a stave-packing ma chine, of the frame A, the swinging standards E, pivoted at one end to the frame, the arms 6 0, adjustable along the length of the standards, and cam mechanism for compressing the package, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a stavepacking machine, of the frame A, the swinging standards E, pivoted at one end to the frame and having laterai' arms 6 e, to be brought over the package, and the cam-shaft B, j ournaled in the frame, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a stave-packingnmachine, of the frame A, the swinging standards E, pivoted at one end to the frame and conneeted at the other end by the handle F, the 1 arms 0 e on the standards, and the camshaft IO B, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JEREMY H. OVERTON.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, M. B; ODOGHERTY. 

